Regulating and reversing apparatus for regenerating gas-furnaces.



H. KOPPER. REGULATING AND REVERSING APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING GAS PURNAGBS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. Z6, 1911.

1 036,266. Patented Aug. 20, 1912;`

` Urttran 'lira-'rumori Koerier, oFMLHErM-oN-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

Be it' knownthat I, HEINRICH klxQrPER.-A a Sil'bj'eotf off-'the German Emperor,residingl atv Mlheim'- on'the'- Ruhr, in `the ,Rhinefrov'iiiee, Pr'ulssiaf" Empire of ...GermanyE Lpi't'iteinents inl, Regulating and Y.ltei'ersing Apparatus 4for Regenerating Gas'fFurna-ces,

of whiehthe following is a specification.

"1T he present invention relates to regulatf'lingano reif-elsing apparatus for -regeneratz 'i ing gas furnaces, whereb)-' the flow ofthe gas ito be burned andthe burned gas through the apparatus is controlled by means of varying water levels'.

" In my Bate-nt'l Xo., 956,106 lof, April 26,-

whielrrelates toa similar apparatus, employ jfor 'the regulation of the water leie'lsjretptaeles infwjhieh the discharges are adjusted bfrnieans ofzaszrtieking member.

E 'In lthe presentinvention,` the movement of thef roeking member is directly tranhmitted to 'th'e'1e :eptaeles, thatiis -to say, the recep- To'anakelny invention more .-elear,l the ,saine isfillustrated 1n the accompanying drawing, iii-:which similar reference letters denote corresponding parts. and in which-. vFigure' 13S a top plan view of the appara- 304 tus*aiidapartial seetion'on line A-B of TIIig'.- Qand Fig. Q is afront elevation of the 'apparatus and a partial vsection on line C- -D matieor cylindrical shape. whieh by nieaus ,VIIL

of partition walls, '3. l, 5, 6, 7. S and is divided into a 'plurality of eoinpai'tinents or chambers I.' IIQIII, IV, V VI. VII and The said walls extend radially, meeting kin the. Center and are connected to aCentrallyextending vertical piece 10. As in the patent above ret'erred to, these partitionwalls are'ina'd'e to extend either not fuite tojthe bottoni or not quite to the top. '1` lie -walls that oxtend'not quite tothe bottoni are-2. 4, 6 and VR'Mand'thon-e el\*tending notq'uiteto thefop are 3, 7 and il.

Atthehaek ofltheresael 1 :i ehiuine'v line llfis provided. while at' twooppoaitefsides of-thefvessel, lineal? and' 13 are "prox-html,

through which 'the' gai allowed to rire-ulate through the regenerating 'gas furnace (not shown). Fixed to the bottoni 11- ot` the veaelare pipes 15 and 16. through which the water is conducted `Iinto the diti'erent I' Specification of. Letters'latent. i Application filed 'September1 26, 1,911.14 Serial No; 651,362.

Patented Aut. 20, 1,912.

' compartments; The vthe veesel underneath fthe? partition :wall 6 5o @that tlfiefwater vcndueted 'therlthiough `is allowed to pass to the chambers or compartments IVA and V. A branch 16 of this pipe terminates into Vthe vessel underneath the 'partition-wall. 2, so 4that the water flowing therethrough isallowed to enter the coinpartments I and VIII. In a simlarvmanner. ithe pipe 15 terminates intofth'ecom:

pipel-G terminates into partineiits-'I- and VII while its 'braneh 15 tern'iinates into the compartments II and HI. r

The suppl;7 pipe 15 is connected by means' of a hose 17 Ytoa receptacle `1S=`aid the pipe A1,6 cmnuiunieates by means o ffa hose 19 with a-reeeptacle 20.l The receptacles-1S and :2O are. provided with overflow pipesA '2l and respectively and are connected bj.' means of lin is 23 and Q- l `respectively to' a rocking member 25 fulcruined'a't't. Connected to ifol "the pipeal and 1G are supply pipes '27.

`repectively, through` which the water dur- .ingthe operation of the apparat-us ,is supplied yto -the latter. The vessel',V too.` provided' with overflow pipes 29 and --lthwhieha3 the, overflow pipes 21. eouveutheu'atei into'tlieeharges 31, 32 respeetivelv. `VThe. gas to be lburned is 'conveyed into tlie`eliai1i"beis Vaud byni'leans of a ,supplypipe In the position shown iii-Figi". L. the receptaelel() is situated ata higher level than .the l reeeptarle 1S. The water supplied through the -pipe '2T enter4 through the pipes 15- aud 15a the eoinpartuieiits V and VII as well as II and III. Siniultaneously. it qalso flows througlithe pipe 17 enterin r the reerptarle 1S, from which it passes through the overth-w pipe 1 into the dseliaige-ll. level of the water in the compartments,Il.

lll. Vl and VII adjusts itself in :iet-ord,-v

ance` with the vposition of the overflow pipe 21. YIn :i similar manner. the waten Hows through the suppl;v pipe 2Q ii'itothe pipes 16 and lf3 and thenee into the eenipaitiiients I. lV. V and Vlll as well as through the hose tti into the ieeeptaele '20. Thelevel ofthe water in theeouipar'tuients LIV, V and VIII depends upon the, positimnot' the overtlow pipe 22; In :ieeu'i'daneefwith .thqgll(vement of the reekingmember Q5. the two reeeptaeles 1S and )0 The alternatel)v tadopt a higher and lower position and Iowing to this. the level ot' tlieiiy-ater in the different compartments changes, the

level in the compartments IIQIILYI and VII being dependent upoii tlielevel of the receptacle 18 and the lei'el et thefwater "'in the compartments I, IV, geinig dependentupon that Iof *-0.

I the overflow 'sage of the gas under the walls-2 and-6 w ich extend not quite'l to the bottom isren'dered of the gas underneath Ycompartments'- I, IV, V and VIII, the Water V. and VIII the receptacle. In .the position shown, the compartments II, III, VI and VII receive'little or no water at all, so thattlie. loi'ver 'edgesofz the partition `walls 4 andg8,. which "do not extend quite to the bottom, aresulliciently permit of a`passag'e said Walls.' -In they above the water level to' level reaches up tothe opening-leading into pipe 30, sothat `here the as'- 'impossible When thegas enters through the pipe 33'intothe vessel, it 'first passes int-o merged in t the compartments V -and VI. i 'From fthe compartment V its vpassage .to the compartment IVis Areventedis the 'wall 6'is subn .jprartments IV` and V j. On .the'otherl hand,

om the -compartment VI the as is allowed toV flow vinto the-compartment IIA under the wall 8,-Which d oes no and tlience'i'nto the [lue. 13. Although the passage of the gas from the-chamber `VII= into the chamber` VIII over the-wall 9 is possible, yet being unable to'escap'e from the chamber VIII into the chamber I, owing to the highgvater level, the gas forced to pass through the H ue- 13 :into the regenerating gas furnace and returning through flue 12, it passes throu h chambers IIIand IV. From the latter,'t e passage of the gas to the chamber V for the above named. rea# son being impossibleit takes its way under the wall 4.- iiito vthe 'chamber-' II vand thenceinto the atmosphere through the. chimney -flue II. If it is desired, .to have the gas circulate through the' re 'enerating furnace 'in reverse direction, all itis necessary to do is to accordingly adjust the rocking member- 25.

The water contained in the Vcompartments I,

IV, V and VIII up to the opening in the overflow pipe 30'is caused to flow through the pipes 16 and 16a and hose 19 into -the lowered receptacle 20, whence through the overflow pipe 22 it passes into the discharge 32.l Thus, the above vnamed compartments are partly .or Wholly emptied 'and the gas is allowed to freely pass under the walls 2 and 6 which do not extend quite to the'bottom of the vessel. As by the adjustment of the rocking member 25, the receptacle 18 is A raised, the )vater contained Atherein is caused to flow through the hose 17, and pipes 15 and 15a into the chambers II, III, VI and VII,

whence it is discharged through the overflow 29. The gas again entering through the pipe 33 into the chambers V and VIl no more can pass under the `Wall 18,.;wliicli is submerged Ain the water, Ai 'n,t( 'i, ltlie. chamber VII, and is forced tollioyiuiiderthelwallt e Water contained in' lthe com! t reach the water level,A

i* nto the chamber thence into the flue 12 froni which it .circulates through the regenerating furnace'in reverse direction, and

the atmospherethrough' .the chimney flue 11. If'it desiredto com" letely stop the passage. of; the-gas into. th nace, lthe rocking member l25 `in ust `be adj usted into horizontall position, whereby the receptaclesz18 and 20 become so 'positioned that the correspondingfchambers Aare 'filled 30. l In order to 'facilitate theadjustment of the particular construction v set jforth and illustrated, as juarious modifications may-be parting from 'the spirit'of my invention. WhatIlaiin andrdesire to secure by Letvessel divi ed intofa plurality of waterc'ontaining chambers communicating with one conducting itawayfrom the said chambers, conduits for vrsupplying water to the said chambei's and vertically reciprocating recepsaid Water supplying conduits'.v

2. In the herein described regulating-and reversing apparatu's,'the combination with a \'essel.divided into a plurality of watercontaining chambers communicating with and conducting it away from the said cham; bers, conduits for-supplying water to .the ,said chambers and vertically reciprocating receptacles having discharge openings and flexible 'Water conduits connecting said receptacles'with" the said chambers and coincoiiduits'.

3. In'the herein described regulating and l a vessel divided intca pluralityo wat-f r'V 2& into .the chamber I and finally es cap'es linto example, theiilues 12 und 13,

made by those sklled.in the art without de.-A

another partly at the top and `partly at the bottom,of conduits supplying gas to and in .returning through flue 13, enters the. .chamber VIII, passes-thence under tlie `wall e regenerating fur- '15- with water uptoitheoverflow pipes 29and the;- lever. 25,'thesame'iscouiiter-balanced by through the different coing5 Having thus described thejnature of-my I invention, Ij'do not wish to restrict myself to 9 5 -1. In the herein described -regulatingand reversing a paratus, the combination vwith a tacles having discharge openingsand coin- A' -munic'ating'with the said chambers and theone another partly at the top and partly at `.the bottom, of conduits supplying gas to inunicat-ing with the. said water supplying reversing apparatus, the combination with containing chambers communicating with one another partly at the top and partly at the bottom, of conduits supplying gas to and conducting it away from the said chambers, conduits for supplying water to the said chambers, receptacles having discharge openings and communicating with the said chambers and said water supplying conduits and a rocking member from which the said receptacles are suspended.

4. In the herein described regulating and reversing apparatus, the combination with a vessel divided into a plurality ot water containing chambers eomnmnicating with one another partly at the top and partly at the `bottom, ot' conduits supplying` gas to and conducting it away from the said chambers, conduits for supplying water t0 the said chambers7 receptacles having discharge openings flexible water conduits connecting said receptacles with the said chambers and with the said water supply ing conduits and a rocking member from which the ,said receptacles are suspended.

5. ln the herein described regulating and reversing apparatus, the combination with a vessel divided into a plurality of watercontaining chambers communicating with one another partly at the top and partly at the bottom, of conduits supplying gas to and conducting it away from the said chambers, conduits for supplying water to the said chambers, receptacles communicating with the said chambers and the said water supplying ecnduits, and overflow pipes in the said receptacles and chambers.

t3. ln the herein described regulating` and reversing` apparatus, a polygonal vessel, a centrally vertical piece in said vessel and partition walls extending radially at a rightV angle Yfrom the outer walls to the said central piece ot the said wssel and dividing` the latter into a plurility ot chambers, some of said partition vvalls extending noty quite lo the bottom and some not quite to the top of the iessel.

T. The herein described regulating aud reversing apparatus, comprising a polygonal pater-containing vessel having discharge openings, partition walls extending radially through the center thereof and dividing the said vessel into a plurality otl chambers, some of said walls extendingr not quite to the bottom and some not quite to the top of the vessel, conduits supplying gas to and conducting it away from. said vessel, two vertically reciprocating receptacles having discharge openings, one of said receptacles communicating with some of said chambers and the other with the rest of said chambers and conduits supplying water to said vessel. and said receptacles.

8. The herein described regulating and reversing apparatus, comprisinga polygonal water-containing vessel having discharge openings, partition Walls extending radially through the center thereof and dividing the said vessel into a plurality of chambers, some of said walls extending not quite to the bottom and some not quite to the top ot' the vessel, conduits supplying gas to and conducting it away from said vessel, two receptacles having discharge openings, a rocking member from which said receptacles are suspended, one of said receptacles communicating with some of said chambers and the other with the rest ot' said chambers and conduits supplying water to said vessel and said receptacles.

9. The herein described regulating and reversing apparatus, comprising a polygoiral waterrontaining vessel having discharge openings, partition walls extending' radially through the center thereof and dividing the said vessel into a plurality of chambers, some ot' said Walls extending not quite to the bottom and some not quite to the top otl the vessel, conduits supplying gas to and conducting it away from said vessel, two receptacles having discharge openings, a rocking member from which said receptacles are, suspended, flexible conduits conductively connecting one ot said receptacles with some of said chambers and the other with the :est of said chainbers and conduits supplying water to said vessel and said receptacles.

ln testimony whereof l' at'tix my signal ure in presence of two witnesses.

'HFJNRTCII KOFFER. lVitnesses:

Louis VANnoRY, FRANZ `WILLmvIs. 

